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Automakers caution against using an extension cord when charging a plug-in hybrid or electric car. How many of you do anyway?

After New York City raised its gas mileage requirement for taxis to 30 mpg, levels of particulate matter and other local pollution have dropped.

The Volkswagen diesel emissions scandal has fallen out of the news, but VW Group recently boosted its allowance for the total costs to 30 billion euros ($33 billion). In the U.S., VW has bought back hundreds of thousands of TDI diesel vehicles and is paying two distinct 10-figure penalties. The...

When most people think of Rolls-Royce, they think of ultra-luxury cars, not airplanes. But a separate Rolls-Royce, spun off of the automaker in 1971, makes aircraft engines. And that company plans to go electric in tackling the world speed record for electric airplanes. To borrow a famous phrase...

Which U.S. carmaker announced it's working on the formation of a charging network? Which two Chinese companies both aiming for the U.S. market entered a new joint venture in their home market? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week...

China threatens to tax key electric-car ingredients in the expanding trade war. Republicans and Democrats are surprisingly unified about electric cars in the U.S. And British Columbia is doing its part by banning sales of conventional gas and diesel vehicles starting in 2040. All this and more on...

The province has passed the Zero Emissions Vehicles Act, which requires that all cars sold in the province by 2040 be "zero emissions vehicles." That could include plug-in hybrids and fuel-cell models.

If China imposes new tariffs on rare-earth metals, it could take longer for electric cars to reach a price parity with internal combustion vehicles.

A study asked 22 scientists to predict how global warming might affect ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica. Observations show them melting much faster than expected.

Politicians often try to make a political dividing line next to electric cars; but a recent study proves otherwise, pointing to positive popular views on EVs.

Nio and GAC will form a joint venture to build and sell EVs under a new Hycan brand in China; they showed a concept SUV at an investor event in Hangzhou.

A new ad for the Nissan Leaf flies high but says little, while an Audi E-tron ad helps hash through common concerns.

Astroturf lobbying organizations have been a fixture of the EV opposition and anti-climate-action movement—indeed of American politics—for a long time. A new report in the Arizona Republic tells us that support for electric cars still hasn't moved us past that. Chevron is tapping its...

Tesla could be stepping a refresh of the Model S up to September, and planning to make the Model Y crossover in California.

The Trump administration takes aim at the government reports that justify climate action. Volkswagen struggles to secure enough batteries for its mass-market EVs. German diesel supplier Bosch plans to start supplying electric motors. And our readers weigh in on EV purchase incentives. All this and...

Our poll finds that one familiar incentive—cash on the hood—wins out over other strategies like tax credits and carpool-lane privileges.

The Trump administration is taking aim at the National Climate Assessment itself by restricting the outward boundary of climate-change forecasts to 2040.

Volkswagen, with its plan to build 22 million new electric cars across 70 models by 2030, is ground-zero for concerns over battery supplies. As more automakers get serious about building lots of electric cars, there are indications that supplies of batteries to power all those cars aren't ramping...

GM is planning an electric-car charging network. Chinese self-driving electric-car startup reveals more details about its upcoming models. Opel announces its first independent electric car. And our latest Twitter poll asks readers what's most important to them in fast-charging their electric cars...

General Motors, the nation's biggest automaker, is teaming up with construction giant Bechtel to build thousands of chargers around the U.S. with the aim of promoting adoption of electric cars. The companies will form a joint venture to build the chargers in which Bechtel will provide its expertise...